Beauty of Anatomy. Part 1
Description
In this series, Adam Rutherford looks at the work of second century anatomist of the Roman Empire, Claudius Galen.Galenused first hand experience to describe his anatomicalobservationsin writing so detailed that later Persian translations included illustrations. After the fall of Constantiople, classical works influenced Renaissance thinkers andartists likeLeonardo da Vinci, who also performed dissections to discover how the human body works. Following Galen's evidence based investigation, Andreas Vesalius performed public dissections in Padua, noting in detailed illustrations and descriptions the human skeleton, muscles, nerves, organ and brain. His illustrations were classically posed before a landscape, showing a body in motion. Vesalius is known as the Founder of Modern Anatomy because of his "De Humani Corporis Fabrica" (The Fabric of the Human Body), that is as artful as it is accurate. A BBC Production.
Runtime
50 min 42 sec
Series
Subjects
- Human anatomy (178)
- Art, Classical (40)
- Anatomy (98)
- Art, Ancient (22)
- Art (784)
- Human biology (175)
- Human body (173)
- Human physiology (137)
- Art and architecture (679)
- Art, Medieval (26)
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Films on Demand
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